Ratings & Reviews for Garmin Forerunner 265S Running Smart Watch with Step Counter, Heart Rate Monitor and GPS Enabled
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What Customers Are Saying
The product offers excellent performance, accuracy, and long battery life. Customers praise its lightweight, comfortable design, and user-friendly interface with customization options. The watch excels at fitness tracking, including accurate heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, and workout customization. It is particularly popular among runners and triathletes for features like built-in GPS, training programs, and lap tracking. While a few customers experienced minor issues, the product is widely regarded as a top-notch fitness tracker that delivers an exceptional user experience.
Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.Plenty helpful and great data from this watch
Very happy with it. All you need to train smart and make decisions based on data. This is the beast watch in the market for your money. I like the small size. Don’t feel I am wearing it all day.
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The best Watch!
I bought this two weeks ago and has exceeded all my expectations! The watch is beyond cute and the size is perfect for small wrists. It’s a game changer for runners
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Great features!!
I bought this watch a month ago and love it! I love how you can customize it. Inside and outside. I bought a couple of bands to change when I want to match. I love how I was and to customize it to how I use it. I mostly bought it for the biometrics. I am oxygen dependent and needed something to tell me my oxygen levels when walking. This works so much better than the pulse ox finger tester. So glad my husband found this watch. I really love the sleep coach. It's been great knowing how I slee...
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Amazing battery life and great features!
As a former Fitbit user, I switched to Garmin last month and couldn't be happier! My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. The battery life is unreal! I gave it a full charge out of the box and didn't have to charge it again for 2 whole weeks! The features do not disappoint either. I love the heart rate monitoring and sleep tracking. GPS and readiness are fabulous as well. Overall, GREAT product!
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Great things come in small packages
After buying the 165 only to find that its large size in my wrist made it move around and thus I couldn't get an accurate HR reading (even trying a different band and wearing it much higher up) I decided to return it and go for this. Coming from an apple watch I love the amazing battery life, the amount of data and the suggested workouts, as well as how well spotify works (much easier to synch properly than in the apple watch) and not really missing any of the features (granted I never used imes...
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Upgrade from Vivosmart
After several years of using the Vivosmart tracker, I upgraded to the forerunner as I was ready to improve my running. Anxious at first, I’m quite pleased with how easy it was to set up and move thru the various screens. The ability to quickly set the watch to record my runs and quite me through my speed drills has been a relief. I’m enjoying it!
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Excellent watch for running!
Perfect watch for training, running, and fitness tracking. Durable with a long battery life and useful training features. Like everything garmin, this watch has exceeds expectations!
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Game Changer
This watch has been an absolute game changer in my marathon training. the expansive metrics, accurate gps, and built in music storage have made my training so much better. the garmin coach has helped me improve my pace by over 1min/mile and i am feeling much more confident on race day. This watch is great for bother beginners and seasoned pros. I don't know how I survived so long without this. Garmin watch user for life now.
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Love the screen.
Love this watch. The screen is exceptional and I can read it clearly without my reading glasses. Collects valuable data.
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Want to love it but…
Great watch for some sports but I wanted this watch to track outrigger canoe paddling. I do not need some of the features and want my watch to be my watch - edited so it does exactly what I want. And that is so VERY VERY counterintuitive. And WHY does everything have to be so focused on running and a few sports? I understand it used to be worse but come on Garmin, you did the hard work with the hardware, now fix the software! I cannot find any real support beyond the most basic start up and even...
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Wonderful watch!
I bought this a month ago and have loved it since ! I use to wear an Apple Watch but Garmin is so much better and accurate! It’s helped improve my running and even works as my OTF monitor !
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Great upgrade
After many years using the 735 XT, I upgraded to the 265S. I wasn't sure what I would think of the touch screen, but I love it. It is intuitive and easy to use, and visibility in bright and low light is great. I also enjoy the morning report and other health features.
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It's great
I have two of their watches. Both are great. This one is my favorite. I have had smartwatches from other manufacturers. I think Garmin makes the best smartwatches. They are light, precise and the battery lasts at least 5 days.
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Love the 265 forerunner
I bought it to track runs and sure didn’t disappoint love that you can put the run your gonna do and comes up With a training plan
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Nice watch
It's a great watch. Light weight. I like the morning report. I can't figure out how to get the weather correctly. It has been great for running. Never had a watch where you can program workouts until now. Downside is I updated watch initially and then the touch screen stopped working. Had to reset it to get the touch screen back and haven't tried to update it since.
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Great Features but Unimpressive Battery Life
I was really enjoying this watch until I found I had to charge it very frequently. I’m an endurance athlete but didn’t think I would need to charge it once a week.
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We are sorry to hear about the issue that you are having and would ask that you reach out to our team so that we can get the details from you and offe...
Excellent Muti sports watch
Brought this watch beginning of December 2023 with for various reasons, especially the heart rate montior & steps settings along with various sports options, love it highly recommended, only downside is lost of connectivity when finishing a workout or uploading to Garmin Connect app.
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Everything I was looking for and more
Having moved from a Samsung smart watch to the Garmin the capabilities are endless in comparison for anyone who is looking to track basic health along with detailed fitness tracking. The stress level indicator seems off (high) but who knows anymore.
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Perfect Motivation and Planner Watch
I researched so hard to find the right Garmin for me. I needed the coaching, but really didn't need every bell and whistle out there. I also have a smaller wrist size, so the 265S was perfect. I love that it helps me plan a routine. I struggled before knowing what to do, but now, it plans it for me. I love that I get my morning report. Sleep coach is awesome. I am a novice runner, but I hope to get better with the guidance of Garmin.
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Great function in a small package. I wanted something light and easy to use.
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